Chapter 363: Besieging Chengtian Gate
The sky was getting darker and darker, and it was blurry in the distance.
Su Dingfang and Du He hid in a wasteland in the east of Chang'an City with the Flying Eagle Army.
The wasteland was overgrown with untall artemisia grass for several miles, except for the grass in the middle that they had hoeed and leveled to keep as a base for the Hidden Eagle Army.
Although the Flying Eagle Army has not been established for a long time, the soldiers are all selected from the young men who have been trained for more than a year, and the operation of the hot air balloon is not complicated, so it can train 3,000 soldiers of the Flying Eagle Army in just a few days.
At this time, Su Dingfang and Du He both looked at the direction of Taiji Palace with calm expressions, waiting for Li Chengqian to send them a signal.
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There were already more than a thousand officials standing in front of the Chengtian Gate, and as the sky became darker and darker, a large number of officials in big red robes came to the field like a fly.
Li Shiji hung his sword on his armor and waist, and watched all this majestically from the tower of Chengtianmen City.
Dozens of guards behind him also wore gray armor, standing like copper pouring iron to guard the first gate of the Tang Palace.
Because Dou Fengjie exposed King Jing's layout, Li Shiji and Li Daozong both thought that Chengtianmen was only used to attract Li Chengqian's attention.
In order to let King Jing be fooled by Li Chengqian, Li Shiji, the secretary of the Ministry of War, personally sat in charge.
King Jing's winning door, Xuanwu Gate.
The first gate was still guarded by Dou Fengjie with troops, and Dou Fengjie was responsible for putting King Jing's people into Weng City behind the Xuanwu Gate.
On the gatehouse where Weng Cheng entered the palace, Zhang Shigui stood majestically with his armor on his head.
At the same time, Li Chengqian sent Wang Fangyi to set up catapults on the three walls of this Weng City, and countless explosive bags were placed under the cars.
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Time passed slowly, night fell completely, and the torches on the Chengtianmen City were bright.
Li Shiji, who was standing on the tower of Chengtianmen City, watched more and more fake officials below sneak in, knowing that they were about to act.
Sure enough, it didn't take long for someone in the team below to suddenly shout: "Li Chengqian's father seized power, brutalized Zhongliang, and abandoned heaven and earth, why didn't he go back to the East Palace to study behind closed doors?"
"That's it, that's it, let Li Chengqian go back to the East Palace to read the sage book."
"Li Chengqian has no talent and no virtue, how can he be in a high position!"
"Li Chengqian's actions are disorderly, if he does not quickly abstain from his position, heaven will inevitably bring disaster to the world......"
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The more the people in official uniforms shouted, the more excited they became, and they slowly crowded in front of the forbidden army guarding Chengtianmen, and there were still a group of forty or fifty-year-old real officials standing in front.
One by one, these officials scolded Li Chengqian for being a tyrant like Shang and Xia Wei, and he would follow in the footsteps of Emperor Yang of Sui sooner or later.
Then teach the forbidden army guarding the door to help and abuse, and there is no distinction between right and wrong.
The forbidden army was a little afraid of these menacing officials, not only did they not dare to fight back, but they didn't even dare to push them away, but they just greeted their saliva with a silent face.
But soon the young and strong fake officials in the back began to attack the forbidden army.
"Ahh
A forbidden soldier's finger was cut off by someone who didn't know who cut it off, and the blood on his hand flowed, and the forbidden screamed in pain.
The surrounding forbidden soldiers were all shocked and angry when they saw this, and they angrily raised their spears in their hands and scattered the officials who surrounded them......
"Murder! Li Chengqian ordered the forbidden army to massacre the minister......"
Several of the officials who had been hit were lying on the ground screaming and rolling frantically, so that all the officials would know how brutal Li Chengqian was.
Li Shiji, who was on the tower of the city, sneered in his heart when he saw this scene, and waited for death by touching porcelain in front of Chengtian Gate!
The real and false officials in front of Chengtian Gate have begun to test it, and the Suzaku Street outside the imperial city is a different scene.
From the afternoon onwards, all those who opposed Li Chengqian sent their guards and family members to Suzaku Street disguised themselves as ordinary people, and their task was to cheer for the officials in front of Chengtian Gate during the day.
At night, the side is to create greater chaos to attract Li Chengqian's attention.
When night fell, these people began to move.
They were outnumbered, so they acted in batches, and those with slightly inferior combat strength such as the family were sent out to burn and loot in various houses, while the guards of each prefecture stayed on Suzaku Street to respond.
At this time, it was just nightfall, and before the curfew came, these people easily rushed into the streets.
These wealthy domestic slaves oppress the good on weekdays, and when they encounter an opportunity like tonight, they naturally give full play to the nature of evil slaves.
The summer night is the time for people to cool off, and when the mob rushes in, the peaceful life of the innocent people is shattered, and all kinds of sins are born in the chaos.
"Driving"
Wen Yaxiang and Hao Chujun rode their horses to Zhuque Street, and they were followed by the guards selected by Li Chengqian for holding a military campaign in Northern Xinjiang this time.
These people had nothing to do with the magnates in Chang'an, so Li Chengqian sent them out to deal with the thugs on Suzaku Street head-on.
It's just that Li Chengqian didn't expect that these people would be so frustrated that they would directly attack ordinary people.
It was Wei Siqian who came up with this idea for King Jing, and he knew that Li Chengqian was deeply popular with the people of Chang'an, so he suggested to King Jing that if he could not break Li Chengqian's image in the hearts of the people of Chang'an, there would be twists and turns in the future.
Ren Yaxiang and Hao Chujun were stunned when they saw the scene, and they were about to order people to go to each square to kill the rioters, but Chai Lingwu, who was riding a tall horse, slowly walked out under the protection of a group of guards.
Ren Yaxiang had to lead the crowd to confront him, but fortunately, it didn't take long for the Liu clan of Jing County to come out from behind Chai Lingwu with people, and when they saw that the two sides had already started a war, they attacked the guards from behind.
Because of the addition of the Liu clan of Jing County, Chai Lingwu soon fell into a situation of being besieged.
Seeing this, Hao Chujun was about to divide his troops to kill the house slaves in each fang, but Ren Yaxiang stopped him and said: "Master Hao, these people are wild and untrained, if they are allowed to rush into the fang market, it will not be small, or please ask the king of Jing County opposite to send the people of Chang'an to the various squares to quell the chaos!" ”
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In front of the Chengtian Gate, the fake officials charged in front, and the real officials shouted and scolded loudly in the back.
Li Shiji and Qiu Xinggong stood still in the city tower, leaving only a few hundred forbidden troops to guard in front of the city gate, and the situation looked precarious.
"Li Shiji, Your Majesty treats you with great kindness, and you actually helped Li Chengqian imprison Your Majesty is simply a beast ......"
"Li Shiji, you slaughtered the minister for Li Chengqian, you are not as good as a pig and a dog, this official is a supervisor of the imperial history, and he has the righteousness of heaven and earth, and this matter must be written straight."
"Qiu Xinggong, you cold-blooded butcher......"
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These people's crazy scolding had no effect on Li Shiji, Qiu Xinggong and others, and Li Shiji and Qiu Xinggong still watched them perform justice with expressionless faces.
"Grandpa, if it's not small, let's take someone down and kill him, anyway, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince doesn't plan to let them live!" A personal guard walked up to Li Shiji's side and asked for his life.
Li Shiji didn't move when he heard this, he just snorted angrily, and the guard was so frightened that he obediently went back to stand up.
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On a small road next to the Xiuzheng Workshop in the south of Chang'an City, a group of cavalry was rushing towards the Shengdao Workshop at night.
The leader of the general is none other than Xue Wanche.
"Lord Lang and King Jing have gone to Xuanwu Gate, what are we going to do in the Ascension Workshop?"
Xue Wanche laughed when he heard this: "There is a treasure in the Ascension Workshop, if we can grab it, Li Chengqian will have nothing." ”